Lazarus Planet: Legends Reborn #1 review

Legends reborn! That sounds exciting. And indeed it is thrilling for this old Firestorm fan as the Nuclear Man is thrust back into the DC spotlight. As for the other characters who get solo strips, I don’t keep up with Renee Montoya, but I guess this is the first time she’s returned to the role […]

Lazarus Planet: We Once Were Gods #1 review

It’s raining magic, hallelujah! And that means changes not just for the heroes and villains of the DC Universe, but for gods and monsters too. Remember the Trench from Aquaman, the big-fanged fish fellas who eat everything in their path? The Lazarus rain gives them a makeover in a nice-looking short written and drawn by […]

Dark Crisis: Big Bang #1 review

‘I’m looking for the man who murdered me’, Flash Barry Allen tells Kid Flash Wallace on the splash page. The line makes for a dramatic opening, but it’s a tad defused when, a couple of pages later, we get this. I admit, I can’t remember how Barry came back from the dead about 15 years […]

Dark Crisis: War Zone #1 review

Here isn’t a bad idea for a comic – five stories from the Dark Crisis battlefield. There’s Jim Corrigan racing towards the possessed-by-evil Spectre in the hope he can reunited with the Spirit of Vengeance who used to share his body, and help him regain control. Frank Tieri gives Corrigan a ‘tougher’ voice than usual […]

Dark Crisis: The Dark Army #1 review

The heroes of Earth 0 are battling dozens of supervillains. I can barely remember why. Something to do with Crisis on Infinite Earth straggler Pariah’s plan to bring back the Infinite Earths. At this point in DC’s current event the worlds are back (again… it’s a long story Dark Crisis writer Joshua Williamson has chosen […]

Dark Crisis #6 review

Just look at this cover, what a wonderful, powerful image. It’s a classic DC event composition – it has to be a homage to Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 – with dozens of heroes in a last stand against a massive villain. Pariah doesn’t get giant sized inside, that’s artist Daniel Sampere taking a bit […]

Dark Crisis: The Deadly Green #1 review

As most of the world’s greatest superheroes try to hold back the chaos caused by Deathstroke’s Army of the Dead, others look to find out what’s corrupted the primal force known as The Great Darkness. Justice League Dark regulars John Constantine, Dr Fate and Swamp Thing Alec Holland are joined by Nightwing, new Wonder Girl […]

Dark Crisis: World Without a Justice League – Superman #1 review

Dark Crisis: World Without a Justice League – Superman. That’s a bit of a mouthful as titles go, but it does make clear what’s going on with the two stories in this Dark Crisis spin-off. Two? Yep, because as well as a main strip starting Superman and Superboy, there’s a back-up centring on Aquaman and […]

DC Vs Vampires: Hunters #1 review

In a world where the heroes and villains of the DC Universe are willing or unwilling participants in a war between vampires and humans, the newly Undead Damian Wayne has chosen his side. The vampires! Or not… that’s Damian and Martian Manhunter J’onn J’onzz play acting in a bid to get the current Robin close […]

Robin #1 review

Robin has flown the nest. Damian Wayne has left Gotham without telling the rest of the Bat-Family. He’s over in Asia, beating up one of the world’s greatest fighters. Damian’s win earns him a boat ride to Lazarus Island, where more martial masters are massing for matches. And his first foe? So why is Damian […]